Door-panel and the like



J. REGENSTEIN.

000B PANEL AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED 'ocT. 30, 19.20.

4`5 the surface of the panel resemble leather do f panel, so that the surface of the ,entire panel is embossed, f but with a y special design UNl'rrfD STA-TES 'PATENT "o1-Fica JOSE'PE IBIEG'ENSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. y

Doon-PANEL AND THE LIKE.

pecication of Letters Patent.

Appneafm med october ao, 1920.' serial No. 420,652.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH REGESTEIN,

I' a citizen of the United-States, residing at lChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Panels andr the like, of which the following is a speci. ication. i Y

l This invention has to do with certain improvements in ldoor panels and thelike suchas are used in automobiles and other vehicles.

this use; but I have illustrated and will describe their use in door ,panelsv for this particular application, since it constitutes a 'very important use'of the'invention; 20,

l portion of the doors it h assbeen customary' to place a separate finishing or binding In applying the door panels to the lbody strip around the edge of the panel so as to `give' the edge aneat and finishedappearance. It has also been customary to fasten these strips in place by the samey nails or brads which are used for securing the panel itself in positionfon the frame' of the door.' The use of a separate strip for the foregoing purpose is objectionable since it involves an additlonal ex-pense mmjanufacture and ap'- 4plication. Furthermore, where thestrip 1s separate 'from -the panel itself it is apt to,

becomeloose or broken and otherwise mar they appearance ofthe completed panel.

One of the` objects of the present invention is to provide adoor panel or the like having embossed or otherwise formed aroundits border a design, either by flutin or otherwise, which shall give the border o or the like, and in those cases in which the 'present invention is applied /to thistype of presents in some cases -the additional diffipanel' it is possible to work the border"design into `the embossing on the rest 'of the around its border. 1

The attachment of a separate finishing strip around the border of the panel also like.

While articles embodying the present invention are specially well adapted culty from a practical standpoint that 1tmakes 1t necessary to so form the door itself that this strip 'can ultimately be secured rn place by the use of nails or brads or the The use of pressedsteel and other metal doors has become very general, and in many cases it has been foundvery diiiicult to attach the separate finishing strip, for the reasonabove indicated. In those cases in which the border of the panel itself is 'embossed or otherwise formed to present the finished appearance, this difficulty is met and overcome.

,Y Another feature of the invention-in some cases has to do with the provision of means for protecting the'edge portion ofthe completed panel against the entrance of water the same, which yconsists in the, features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure I 'shows a face View of a c0mpleted panel embodying the featuresof th(e present invention; i

Fig. 2/shows a fragmentary section taken on line 2.-2 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows, being .on enlarged sca'le; Fig. 3 -shbwsa section corresponding to Fig. 2, butof a modified form of panel, in

vwhich the back face of -the panel is protected by a sheet of waterproof material;

Fig. 4: shows a view corresponding to Fig. 3,.of a further modified typel of panel, in`

which\ the edge thereof is protected against the entrance of water or other moisture by folding the edge of the ,front facing sheet over against the peripheryof the back of the panel y i `Fig.r 5 is a vlew corresponding to Fig. 3,.

of another modified form of panel, in which the central portion thereof is plain orv uinembossed; and

,Fig 6 shows a View corresponding to Fig.

5, with -the exception that in the panelMQf Patented Auge, 1o21.

Fig. 6 there i's provided a padding between Vthe body of the panel andthe front facing 'w'. i l

As shown in Fig.v v1, the panel 7 is formed of the desired contour and size to finish the vdoor or other object to which it is to be a.

plied. Around the border 8 of the panel 1s suitable design might be substituted. A convenient mode for formin this finish consists in embossing the design into -the body of the border itself, as is clearly apparent from examination of Figs. 2 to 6 inclusive,

wherein the flutings 9 and 10 clearly appear as being raised on the front face of therpanel and depressed on its back face. l

The central portion of the panel may be either plain or embossed, largely according to the appearance it is desired to secure in the finished article. ln the panels shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, this central \portionis em- Y bossed, the embossing being shown as carried entirely through the thickness of the panel,

i although. it is evident that the front or iinishing sheet might be embossed before ap plication to the body of the panel, the border of the completed article being embossed after the sheet is so'appliedly ln each of the panel forms herein illus I tratedV l have provided a body 11,`to the front' face of which is applied a finishing strip 12, usually of cloth or other fabric, and

usually waterproofed or specially treated. 1

In some cases the edge portion 13 of this strip 12 is folded .over against theback face of the panel so as to protect the edge against the entrance of water or moisture. f

ln each of the forms shown in Figs. 3 to f ,6 inclusive, there isJ also provided aback sheet, 14 of waterproof material such as waterproofed or oiledl paper. ln the form rshown in Fig.'6, a padding 1 5 is placed between the central portion of the body l1 and.

i' the' front sheet-12.'

lt is-observed, however, that in each case the border portion of the completed panel isembossed all the way through, since it is 4a convenient step in the operation of making these panels to perform the .embossing operation on the border after the panels have been assembled.

v While I have herein shown and described of the present invention, still l do not limit myself to such embodiments except as I'may do so in the claims.

l claim: y. 1. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising 'a sheet of body material and a sheet of waterproofed fabric and a sheet of waterproof paper applied to the opposite faces thereof,

and a distinctive design embossed around the border of the 'completed panel and through all ofthe thicknesses thereof, substantially asy described J.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a doorpanel. or the like of desired size and cntour comprising a sheet of non-metallic `composition body material and a sheet of' waterproofed fabric applied to the front face thereof, and a distinctive design einbossed arc-und the border of the panel and through all of the thicknesses of they panel, substantially as described. f l

3. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like of desired size andcontour comprising a sheet of non-metallic composition body material and another sheet applied to one of its faces, and a distinctive design embossed around the border of the panel and through all of the thicknesses thereof, substantially as described. k

4. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like of desired size and contour formed of two or moresheets of nonmetallic material 'set together face to face,

and a number of parallel beads embossed around the border of the panel and serving to give it a distinctive appearance, substantiallyv as described. A

5. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising/a sheet of no-nmetallic composition body material and a sheet of water-proofed fabric applied tothe 3 tinctive design embossed around the borderl oflthe panel and through. all of the thicknesses of the portion, substantially as described.

' JOSEPH REGENSTEIN.

panel including such lapped .y 

